Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

SMOKE-FREE AREAS (ENCLOSED PUBLIC PLACES) (NO. 63 OF 1994) - SECT 21

21. (1) Section 5 does not apply to a restaurant or licensed premises during the prescribed period.

(2) The occupier of a restaurant or licensed premises shall ensure that, during the prescribed period, smoking is not permitted in at least 50% of the public area of the restaurant or premises.

Penalty:

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person—$1,000;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate—$5,000.

(3) In this section—

“prescribed period” means—

        (a)     in relation to a restaurant—12 months commencing on the day on which section 5 commences; or

        (b)     in relation to licensed premises—2 years and 6 months commencing on the day on which section 5 commences.